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11 injured as large truck crashes into several cars on Route 22 in Churchill

Multiple vehicles were struck by a tractor-trailer that reportedly lost its brakes on Business Route 22 near Rodi Road in Churchill, just off the Parkway East.

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Updated: 9:18 PM EST Nov 17, 2017

11 injured as large truck crashes into several cars on Route 22 in Churchill

Multiple vehicles were struck by a tractor-trailer that reportedly lost its brakes on Business Route 22 near Rodi Road in Churchill, just off the Parkway East.

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Updated: 9:18 PM EST Nov 17, 2017

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WEBVTT BOB?BOB: AS WE ARE STANDING HERE, WEAR WATCHING, ONLY NOW ARE THEYREMOVING THE VEHICLES THAT WEREINVOLVED.YOU SEE THE LARGE TRUCK, THATWAS TH VEHICLE THAT HIT NINEOTHERS.TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY THATHAS BEEN CONTINUING THROUGH THEAFTERNOON.WE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO WEREINSIDE THE CARS, NINE OF THEMSTOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT.PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY HEARDBOOM, BOOM, BOOM, THE SOUND OFTHE TRUCK HITTING ONE AFTERANOTHER, THOSE CARS AT THELIGHT.HERE IS MORE OF WHAT THEY WERETELLING US.>> THE LINE CARS, WE WERE ALLSTOPPED BECAUSE OF THE RED LIGHTAND THEN I JUST HEARD BANGINGAND I LOOKED IN THE REARVIEWMIRROR AND THE TRUCK WAS COMINGFAST AND HITTING ONE CAR AFTERTHE NEXT.YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUS -- WE WEREALL HITTING EACH OTHER AT THATPOINT.BOB: THE DRIVE WAS TELLING SOMEOF THE PEOPLE HERE AN POLICETHAT HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF HISBRAKES.THE MAN WITH THE SUNGLASSESHOLDING THE SMALL DOG, HE ANDTHE OTHER PEOPLE NOT AMONG THOSETHAT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WEREHERE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.11 PEOPLE INJURED AND NINETRANSPORTED, TWO OF THEMSERIOUSLY HURT.

11 injured as large truck crashes into several cars on Route 22 in Churchill

Multiple vehicles were struck by a tractor-trailer that reportedly lost its brakes on Business Route 22 near Rodi Road in Churchill, just off the Parkway East.

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Updated: 9:18 PM EST Nov 17, 2017

CHURCHILL, Pa. —

Eleven people were injured when a tanker truck carrying lime exited the Parkway East onto Business Route 22 and crashed into several cars at a traffic light Friday afternoon, police said.

Sky 4 video showed multiple vehicles with heavy damage on William Penn Highway at the intersection with Rodi Road and Nottingham Drive in Churchill.

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"There was a line of cars. We were all stopped because of the red light, and then I just heard banging," one of the drivers said. "And then I looked in the rear-view mirror, and the truck was just coming fast and hitting one car after the next. And then the cars, we were all hitting each other at that point."

A Hinkle Trucking logo was displayed on the door of the large blue truck.

Allegheny County detectives, who are investigating the crash, said early indications pointed to the the possibility of mechanical failure on the truck. Police said the driver told an officer at the scene that his truck lost its brakes.

"The driver of the truck was cooperative and the investigation is ongoing," police said in a statement. "All aspects of the collision will be examined thoroughly and at the conclusion the results will be reviewed by the District Attorney's office to determine what if any charges will be filed."

Nine people were taken to local hospitals, with one of them listed in serious condition. Police said no life-threatening injuries were reported.